[CQ-Contest] Digital Mode One - was SS Musings...

[K0HB]

If someone wants to copy Morse with a machine, I say more power to him. 
He's showing an interest in Morse.

Machine copy isn't my cup of tea, but I'm not in charge of other folks fun, 
not do I wish to be.

How some other guy copies Morse has no effect at all on my enjoyment.

73, de Hans, K0HB
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From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:26 PM
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Digital Mode One - was SS Musings...

> If you're going to use a computer to decode a signal, there are far 
> better,
> faster and more efficient methods to relay information than with Morse 
> code.
> Although Samuel F. B. Morse envisioned his code being deciphered by
> machines, it has been done primarily by ear for the last 100+ years. I'm 
> all
> for keeping the tradition.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Paul O'Kane <pokane at ei5di.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve London" <n2icarrl at gmail.com>
>>
>> > I think of CW as a digital mode, just like RTTY.
>>
>> Sure it's a digital mode, but only when when you treat it
>> that way.
>>
>> CW operators decode CW by ear, and that's what distinguishes
>> them from digital operators.  If you didn't copy it by ear,
>> you can call it what you like but you can't call it a CW QSO.
>>
>> I suggest DM1 (Digital Mode One) might be a suitable description.
>> Then we could all aspire to DM1 endorsements for DXCC.
>>
>> 73,
>> Paul EI5DI
>>
>> ps - since there are quite a lot of digital modes, perhaps
>> we should plan for the future and call it DM01?
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